Paper box.



CHARLES 0. MASON, OF ATTLEBORO FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Application filed April 16, 1910. Serial No. 555,822.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. MASON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro Falls, Massachusetts, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to provide a simple form of attachment for the fly leaf of a paper box.

Boxes adapted to hold spools of thread, cotton and various materials are usually provided with a fly leaf covering the contents of the box, thus giving a finish to the box after the outer cover is removed. It frequently occurs however, that the retailer tears out the fly leaf, and in this case if the fly leaf is simply an extension of the paper covering of the box, this cover is likely to be partially torn off leaving the box disfigured and unsightly.

It is the object of the invention to secure the advantage of a fly leaf and yet permit of its being torn off without mutilating the outer face of the box in any way.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 shows a view of a thread box with one form of my invention, Fig. 2 shows a section of the same, and Fig. 3 shows a modification.

In Fig. 1 the box shown is of ordinary construction made up of pasteboard having a bottom at, end walls 6 and front or rear walls 0. The cover is shown at d, fitting over the body of the box in the usual way.

The pasteboard of the box is covered neatly by a finishing sheet C, and this is so attached to the pasteboard base as to have lapping edges extending down on the inside of the box as shown at e. The edge on the rear of the box has the fly leaf forming an extension thereof as at f, the attached edge of the fly-leaf being below the level of the box on the inside thereof so that in case it is torn. oil? it will not disfigure the outside of the box.

In Fig. 3 the same arrangement is provided excepting that the attached edge of the fly leaf is folded back and secured by an adhesive so as to bring the surface of the fly leaf flush with the top of the box and the result is the same, namely, that if torn off it will not carry with it any part of the outside covering.

What I claim is In a paper box, a fly leaf made integral with the outer covering and having its edge attached to the inside of the box so that in case of removal by tearing or otherwise it leaves the outer surface of the box free from disfigurement.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature' in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES O. MASON.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR A. WELLER, GRACE W. KNAPP. 

